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Hundreds Line Streets as Trafficked 4 Year Old Girl Returns Home

Crowds have lined the streets in a village in faraway Guangdong Province to welcome home a 4-year-old girl who was abducted and taken north to be sold to a man from our very own Jiangsu, in an ordeal concluding with...

Huai’an; From Presidents & Writers to World Crayfish Capital

Smack bang in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the city of Huai’an has witnessed the birth of the truly great; the most famed and respected of Chinese leaders, as well as the author of one of the nation’s most...

In Memoriam Bao Bin; Obituary to Designer of Nanjing “Logo”

Former Dean and Painter of the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Bao Bin (保彬), passed away at 09:48 on 2 January, 2023. He was 87. The Baidu Baike (China’s Wikipedia equivalent) entry for Bao has today been made greyscale in...

Yancheng; Jiangsu’s Biggest Boasts of Weddings, Tulips & Deer

Known for its salt, Yancheng’s name in Chinese literally means “Salt City”. Here, humans carved out salt and timber works over 2,100 years ago as mudflats formed along the coastline.  盐城以其盐而闻名,中文名字字面意思是“盐城”。 在这里,当沿着海岸线形成泥滩时,人类在2100多年前雕刻了盐和木材工程。 Yancheng takes up approximately half of the Jiangsu coast...

Yangzhou; Gastronomy & Lacquerware fit for an Emperor

Nanjing’s neighbouring city of Yangzhou is stereotypically famed for two things; pretty ladies and fried rice. While there is a lot to be said for both, in the bigger scheme of things, the city of Yangzhou was, historically, one...

Zhenjiang; a Former Capital, a Pulitzer Prize and… Spectacles!

Zhenjiang is Jiangsu’s smallest city jurisdiction, at just 3,840 square kilometres. But size is no measure of quality; Zhenjiang was in fact capital of Jiangsu Province between 1928 and 1949, when Nanjing served as the capital of the Republic of China. 镇江是江苏最小的城市辖区,面积只有3840平方公里。...
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